General Ryanair discusion

embraer170 · 02-05-2019 9:27pm

Yes, but the seats got up in price a bit.

nsa0bupkd3948x · 05-05-2019 3:01pm

What are the queues like for FR Bag Drop in DUB on a Thursday around 7pm?

IngazZagni · 05-05-2019 4:19pm

Vada Howling Sunburn wrote: »

What are the queues like for FR Bag Drop in DUB on a Thursday around 7pm?

I think at that time there will be almost no queue at all.

rivegauche · 08-05-2019 3:46pm

http://www.airliners.de/ryanair-frankfurt-fluggastbruecken/49958

Ryanair will use airbridges (often, not always) at FRA which has to be better than being bussed all the way out to the Boonies.

In other news Laudamotion will randomly assign seating i.e. intentionally separate passengers like their parent airline does.

nsa0bupkd3948x · 13-05-2019 5:28pm

Vada Howling Sunburn wrote: »

What are the queues like for FR Bag Drop in DUB on a Thursday around 7pm?

Just on a follow up on this. It was empty. I walked straight up to about 20 empty machines.

Their system makes it very hard to sneak in an extra kg or so for free but not impossible!

billy few mates · 13-05-2019 5:39pm

Vada Howling Sunburn wrote: »

Just on a follow up on this. It was empty. I walked straight up to about 20 empty machines.

Their system makes it very hard to sneak in an extra kg or so for free but not impossible!

Can you not just support some of the weight when you place it on the scales...?
(asking for a friend)

TheDriver · 13-05-2019 5:52pm

billy few mates wrote: »

Can you not just support some of the weight when you place it on the scales...?
(asking for a friend)

I can't see how as its like the self service in Tesco, the weighing scales most be steady for a set time.

nsa0bupkd3948x · 13-05-2019 10:26pm

billy few mates wrote: »

Can you not just support some of the weight when you place it on the scales...?
(asking for a friend)

There are two scales, one when you print the tag and then another when you drop it off at the belt. Both times the bags are weighed and have to match. And since it's a machine, there is no wiggle room..

munchkin_utd · 14-05-2019 11:43am

Vada Howling Sunburn wrote: »

There are two scales, one when you print the tag and then another when you drop it off at the belt. Both times the bags are weighed and have to match. And since it's a machine, there is no wiggle room..

it allows a slight bit over the stated weight, probably to allow for room for tolerances, but its not much. We had 10.9kg for the 10kg checked hand luggage and it wasnt taken. We removed enough to bring it down to 10.1 and was allowed (didnt mess about with intermediate weights so not sure exactly where the limit is)

LiamaDelta · 15-05-2019 4:12pm

Vada Howling Sunburn wrote: »

There are two scales, one when you print the tag and then another when you drop it off at the belt. Both times the bags are weighed and have to match. And since it's a machine, there is no wiggle room..

There was just one scales when I used it last weekend. It was weighed on the belt same as it would be weighed by a staff member if you were using manual check-in.

Idbatterim · 16-05-2019 10:58am

Vada Howling Sunburn wrote: »

There are two scales, one when you print the tag and then another when you drop it off at the belt. Both times the bags are weighed and have to match. And since it's a machine, there is no wiggle room..

I did this the other week in Dublin. I lifted the bag again the second time , but had to do three attempts before the weight was identical or very close to first weighing on other machine , to accept it ...

View Profile · 21-05-2019 9:26am

As the "Industrial Action" thread is still closed I'll post here instead.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2019/0520/1050618-ryanair-pilots/

The union representing Ryanair's British pilots will hold an indicative ballot to see if there is support for industrial action over a pay dispute, according to a letter seen by Reuters.

Looks like Ryanair still hasn't sorted the staff issues!

rivegauche · 21-05-2019 11:44am

I read this Reuters report yesterday but didn't think it worth reporting on especially as the industrial relations thread is closed.
Ryanair have full staffing and aren't actively recruiting at the moment according to their Q&A video session for the financial year just ended. They have the resources to counteract industrial action and this is just a ballot about a ballot.

Electrical power outages and strikes by airport or air traffic control staff will cause more delayed and cancelled flights than strikes by their own workers this year.

View Profile · 21-05-2019 11:52am

Perhaps they do have adequate staff but either way, the possibility of more unrest and strike action will hit the Ryanair share price further.

News amongst the pilots suggest the UK may be joined by the Irish, Spanish, Portuguese and Germans as their pay deal proposals are falling on deaf ears in Ryanair HQ.

Summer 2019 may not be strike free.

rivegauche · 21-05-2019 11:57am

View Profile wrote: »

Perhaps they do have adequate staff but either way, the possibility of more unrest and strike action will hit the Ryanair share price further.

News amongst the pilots suggest the UK may be joined by the Irish, Spanish, Portuguese and Germans as their pay deal proposals are falling on deaf ears in Ryanair HQ.

Summer 2019 may not be strike free.

In the short term Ryanair don't care about the share price. They have 700m set aside to buy shares. They'll buy back more shares for the 700m if the share price drops. The company signalled to the market not to expect a massive upturn in share price for 3 to 4 years as they are trying to shake out their competitors.

rivegauche · 21-05-2019 12:14pm

http://www.airliners.de/piloten-arbeitsmarkt-germania-pleite/50195
Translate that in to English and tell me that German pilots will be falling over themselves at the moment to stand on a picket line.

Nijmegen · 21-05-2019 1:32pm

I see they released their FY results yesterday. You can read the report here. +7% pax, -6% fares and +6% revenue growth overall driven by ancillary +19% - overall revenue from schedules is only +1%. Expecting fare pressure to continue through the summer.

Fuel and staff definitely putting pressure on bottom line, up +23% and +28% respectively at a time of +7% pax growth.

Excluding exceptionals from the acquisition during the year, they made a profit of 1.02bn vs 1.45bn the previous year.

Underlying it all I think MOL is correct that basically Ryanair will survive the increased oil prices and there'll be fewer carriers for the market that's left afterward, and in the long run Ryanair can sustain the race.

rivegauche · 23-05-2019 12:28pm

https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/78265-ryanair-expects-to-lose-41mn-revenue-due-to-max-grounding

41million revenue does not equal 41 million loss of profit. Maybe one tenth to one fifth of that is profit which is lost.

They'll be selling 10 of their older planes before March 2020(assuming the Max starts coming through)
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/ryanair-warns-of-profit-hit-over-737-max-grounding-2019-05-20?mod=mw_latestnews

Idbatterim · 29-05-2019 11:43am

A mate asked me if 300 return was good Dublin to Stockholm. So I went to do some research on the route. Ryanair don’t do it from Dublin!!! So I went to see where they fly from their two Stockholm airports too, toms of Mickey Mouse ones. How do they not serve it from Dublin ?

Nigel Fairservice · 30-05-2019 9:37pm

Idbatterim wrote: »

A mate asked me if 300 return was good Dublin to Stockholm. So I went to do some research on the route. Ryanair don’t do it from Dublin!!! So I went to see where they fly from their two Stockholm airports too, toms of Mickey Mouse ones. How do they not serve it from Dublin ?

I remember they flew to Skavsta at one point. Flew the route in 2013. I think their only Swedish route now from Ireland is to Gothenburg.

Rawr · 31-05-2019 12:50pm

Nigel Fairservice wrote: »

I remember they flew to Skavsta at one point. Flew the route in 2013. I think their only Swedish route now from Ireland is to Gothenburg.

There's no direct Ryanair route between DUB and Norway anymore either.
From what I remember from the Norwegian press at the time, an environmental levy on airfares was planned which resulted in Ryanair threatening to pull the plug on their base at "Oslo" Rygge Airport if it went through.

Norwegian Government refused to back down, Ryanair closed their base at Rygge, which in turn resulted in the airport itself closing (99.999% of their business was Ryanair).

I do miss having the option to fly Ryanair back to DUB from an Oslo airport (Rygge wasn't as far away from the city as the notorious "Oslo" Torp Airport). They also had to compete with SAS and Norwegian on that route and would often win on price.

Ryanair still operate in Norway. They's a handful of flights to Eastern Europe at "Oslo" Torp and they did end up with a couple of flights out of OSL itself (mostly to London).

Alas, no direct flights to Dublin with them...and poor old Rygge is now a Ghost Airport.

View Profile · 11-06-2019 12:51pm

https://uk.mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUKKCN1TC126

Ryanair's British pilots have signalled strong support for industrial action over pay and conditions in an indicative ballot carried out by the BALPA.
90 percent of pilots balloted supported the non-binding call for industrial action.

rivegauche · 11-06-2019 1:28pm

Ryanair aren't short of pilots at the moment so the threat(and that is all that they are) of strikes by an unknown number of Union Activists is going to have a negligible effect on operations..
https://www.pprune.org/terms-endearment/597527-joining-ryanair-23.html

They can call for strike action but don't be surprised if a portion of their planes get sent to the new Malta sub-brand.

I can see why BALPA is doing this; Ryanair's introduction of over-capacity in to the European market to shake out weak competitors is putting other Airlines and their pilots under pressure. That is the real story here. Ryanair is driving others in to bankruptcy. This is BALPA looking after BALPA subs, not the interests of Ryanair employees.

rivegauche · 11-06-2019 2:35pm

https://corporate.ryanair.com/news/ryanair-to-invest-in-a-malta-aoc-through-purchase-of-malta-air/

This investment in Malta Air will allow Ryanair to grow its already sizable presence in Malta (3m customers p.a.), and access non-EU markets (North Africa) from Malta. Completion is planned for the end of June, following which Ryanair Holdings will;

Switch 6 Malta based aircraft (worth over $600m) onto the Maltese register
200 Malta based crew move onto local contracts paying local Maltese taxes
Increase its Malta based fleet to 10 aircraft within three years and create over 350 jobs
Brand its Malta based fleet in Malta Air colours for Summer 2020
Move Ryanair based aircraft from France, Italy and Germany onto the Malta AOC which will allow these crews to pay their income taxes locally in France, Italy and Germany instead of Ireland where they are currently required to pay income taxes under Ryanair’s Irish AOC.

0lddog · 11-06-2019 2:42pm

0lddog wrote: »

Has :

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/transport-and-tourism/ryanair-challenges-irish-tax-law-in-bid-to-finalise-staff-agreements-1.3718883

been decided ?

If it went against Ryanair then it may be another motivation for these new AOCs

It seems that Pascal CBA to help with the problem and now Malta will benefit

rivegauche · 11-07-2019 2:31pm

munchkin_utd · 11-07-2019 4:35pm

rivegauche wrote: »

https://corporate.ryanair.com/news/ryanair-to-invest-in-a-malta-aoc-through-purchase-of-malta-air/
<snip>
Move Ryanair based aircraft from France, Italy and Germany onto the Malta AOC which will allow these crews to pay their income taxes locally in France, Italy and Germany instead of Ireland where they are currently required to pay income taxes under Ryanair’s Irish AOC.

pardon my ignorance, but does this then mean the planes will be malta registered with a malta reg number and wee flag?

separately, if this means the staff in the likes of Germany can benefit from paying into their national pension/ old age care/ unemployment/ social security/ medical insurance funds/ insurances then thats great too.

billy few mates · 11-07-2019 4:55pm

munchkin_utd wrote: »

pardon my ignorance, but does this then mean the planes will be malta registered with a malta reg number and wee flag?

Not necessarily, they can register them in Malta or wherever they like but there's no obligation to display the Maltese flag or any flag for that matter. There is no regulatory requirement to display any flag if you don't want to.

devnull · 11-07-2019 8:52pm

rivegauche wrote: »

Very surprised at that, following hot on the heels of Andy O'Shea leaving as well, two of the most respected operational people in the industry leaving the company within a short time period.

Suggests all is not well.

marno21 · 12-07-2019 1:31am

billy few mates wrote: »

Not necessarily, they can register them in Malta or wherever they like but there's no obligation to display the Maltese flag or any flag for that matter. There is no regulatory requirement to display any flag if you don't want to.

They have indeed added the Maltese flag

https://i.postimg.cc/3NX7XcgR/9-H-QAA-by-Donal-Morrissey-Birrlad.jpg

john boye · 12-07-2019 11:12am

rivegauche wrote: »

Managing to shoehorn a childish dig at atc into a heartfelt departure statement, pretty right to the bitter end.

devnull · 12-07-2019 11:28am

john boye wrote: »

Managing to shoehorn a childish dig at atc into a heartfelt departure statement, pretty right to the bitter end.

To me it's obvious that it's purely tongue in cheek to me, hence the smileys.

billy few mates · 12-07-2019 2:34pm

marno21 wrote: »

They have indeed added the Maltese flag

https://i.postimg.cc/3NX7XcgR/9-H-QAA-by-Donal-Morrissey-Birrlad.jpg

Thanks, I just pointed out that there's no requirement to do it and nothing to stop you if you want to do it.

Hotblack Desiato · 12-07-2019 3:29pm

Yes but do they have to transfer aircraft onto the Maltese register to operate them under a Maltese AOC? Would seem a bit unnecessary if the aircraft is already on an EU country's register.

Inquitus · 12-07-2019 3:43pm

I work down near the Ryanair building in Airside, they seem to be building another office block on the land they own there, anyone know more about it? Construction phase only to take 6-8 weeks!

https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/ryanairs-new-economical-hq-office-expansion-will-be-home-to-750-staff-37258397.html

marno21 · 15-07-2019 1:09am

FR look to be replacing the 737 MAX branding on their new fleet to "737-8200"

https://twitter.com/AeroimagesChris/status/1150513859096002560

kevinandrew · 15-07-2019 3:04am

I'm guessing the whole point of the branding is for ground crew so they can easily differentiate between the two future types? I don't think they would have bothered to come up with such a clumsy alternative otherwise, neither have any marketing benefit that's for sure.

L1011 · 15-07-2019 7:59am

kevinandrew wrote: »

I'm guessing the whole point of the branding is for ground crew so they can easily differentiate between the two future types? I don't think they would have bothered to come up with such a clumsy alternative otherwise, neither have any marketing benefit that's for sure.

It's to get the hideously tarnished word MAX off it. The former MAX8-200 the first few frames had written on them was more than sufficient for ground crew as the difference was quite a bit clearer!

sheroman01 · 16-07-2019 12:41pm

So, are Ryanair re-branding the exact 737-MAX models that were involved in the Ethiopian Airlines Crash? Or are they re-branding a different model that also has MAX in it's name?

L1011 · 16-07-2019 12:51pm

sheroman01 wrote: »

So, are Ryanair re-branding the exact 737-MAX models that were involved in the Ethiopian Airlines Crash? Or are they re-branding a different model that also has MAX in it's name?

An extremely minor variant of those involved in the two crashes, with an extra emergency exit to raise the maximum passenger limit.

sheroman01 · 16-07-2019 1:47pm

L1011 wrote: »

An extremely minor variant of those involved in the two crashes, with an extra emergency exit to raise the maximum passenger limit.

Fcuk. I fly roughly about 10 times a year. My fear is actually worse the more I travel! This is very off putting, and as much as I like cheap flights (I actually usually never have hassle with Ryanair), this will put me off them. Do we expect a massive backlash on this, or will people just continue to fly with them? Will anyone here not fly with them?

LeChienMefiant · 16-07-2019 2:01pm

Inquitus wrote: »

I work down near the Ryanair building in Airside, they seem to be building another office block on the land they own there, anyone know more about it? Construction phase only to take 6-8 weeks!

https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/ryanairs-new-economical-hq-office-expansion-will-be-home-to-750-staff-37258397.html

The land use for the temporary car park seems inefficient with land values around there. If I was cynical I would predict that a reason to sell off or lease this new building will arise. Are Ryanair really growing staff numbers in HQ at this pace? The staff in HQ are not directly generating revenue in the same way that operational staff are.

Cookiemunster · 16-07-2019 2:12pm

sheroman01 wrote: »

Fcuk. I fly roughly about 10 times a year. My fear is actually worse the more I travel! This is very off putting, and as much as I like cheap flights (I actually usually never have hassle with Ryanair), this will put me off them. Do we expect a massive backlash on this, or will people just continue to fly with them? Will anyone here not fly with them?

Ryanair don't have any of these planes yet and won't have until they have been recertified to fly by EASA, which will be a much more rigorous process than the initial certification.

billie1b · 16-07-2019 2:25pm

sheroman01 wrote: »

So, are Ryanair re-branding the exact 737-MAX models that were involved in the Ethiopian Airlines Crash? Or are they re-branding a different model that also has MAX in it's name?

It’s actually not a rebranding, it’s the official designation for the 737 ‘max’ 200, it was designated 737-8200 for the higher density seating and extra emergency exit by EASA in 2016 and the FAA took it on in 2017 also.

john boye · 16-07-2019 3:44pm

sheroman01 wrote: »

Fcuk. I fly roughly about 10 times a year. My fear is actually worse the more I travel! This is very off putting, and as much as I like cheap flights (I actually usually never have hassle with Ryanair), this will put me off them. Do we expect a massive backlash on this, or will people just continue to fly with them? Will anyone here not fly with them?

What do you mean by massive backlash? People protesting outside airports?

18-07-2019 12:32am

BALPA balloting their British Ryanair pilots for possible strike action. Result known by August 7th. Strike then possible 2 weeks later.

https://uk.mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUKKCN1UC23V

Mrcaramelchoc · 18-07-2019 6:47am

Is 815am an acceptable time to arrive at the airport when your Ryanair flight is at 1005am?

Van.Bosch · 18-07-2019 7:10am

Mrcaramelchoc wrote: »

Is 815am an acceptable time to arrive at the airport when your Ryanair flight is at 1005am?

Yup

View Profile · 18-07-2019 10:09am

I see Peter Bellew is off to easyJet now.

Hopefully he'll have the freedom there to bring in the positive changes he had planned at FR, if it weren't for a certain CEO.

rivegauche · 18-07-2019 10:16am

View Profile wrote: »

I see Peter Bellew is off to easyJet now.

Hopefully he'll have the freedom there to bring in the positive changes he had planned at FR, if it weren't for a certain CEO.

Or maybe they're paying him a ton of money which seems more plausible as if he hadn't been able to endure the working environment in Ryanair the first time around he wouldn't have come back.
https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2019/0718/1063753-bellew-moves-to-easyjet/

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